Saint
Ebbo of Sens
Archbishop of Sens
Archbishop of Sens, defender of the city against the Saracens, reposed around 740.
Life
Ebbo of Sens was born at Tonnerre in France, was a monk of the monastery of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif in Sens and then became archbishop of that city. In 725, when Sens was besieged by the Saracens, he saved the city. He reposed around the year 740. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.
His commemoration falls on 27 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 9 September of the civil calendar.
Commemorated the same day August 27
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